Friday, May 24 2013 11:49 AM EDT2013-05-24 15:49:49 GMT
Postal Service employees who have driven more than a million-accident-free miles are offering safety tips to those hitting the road this Memorial Day weekend.
Postal Service employees who have driven more than a million-accident-free miles are offering safety tips to those hitting the road this Memorial Day weekend.
Friday, May 24 2013 11:20 AM EDT2013-05-24 15:20:12 GMT
Officials with Goodwill are searching for relatives of a World War II veteran whose medals - including the Silver Star and Purple Heart - somehow wound up inside a suburban St. Louis Goodwill store.
Officials with Goodwill are searching for relatives of a World War II veteran whose medals - including the Silver Star and Purple Heart - somehow wound up inside a suburban St. Louis Goodwill store.
Friday, May 24 2013 10:59 AM EDT2013-05-24 14:59:22 GMT
The Illinois House is expected to vote on a compromise plan on concealed weapons that has generated the opposition of Gov. Pat Quinn.
The Illinois House is expected to vote on a compromise plan on concealed weapons that has generated the opposition of Gov. Pat Quinn.
MISSOURI (KFVS) -
Mark Twain National Forest Public Information Officer Bill Paxton says firefighters have completed mop-up work on the East End and Madison wildfires.
Paxton says both fires are 100 percent contained, and the danger of fire escaping containment lines has been greatly reduced. He says both fires will remain in patrol status for the next few days.
The 622-acre East End Fire was about 6 miles east of Bixby, Mo. The 48-acre Madison Fire was located just west of Higdon, Mo., about 7 miles north and east of Fredericktown, Mo.
According to Paxton, the Eastern Area Type 2 Incident Management Team will transfer management of both wildfires back to Mark Twain National Forest tomorrow. Some firefighting resources will be released back to their home stations throughout today. Other resources will remain, distributed across Mark Twain National Forest to help address any futures wildfire starts.
Paxton says drought and higher than normal temperatures are affecting much of the state, resulting in above normal significant fire potential. These conditions are expected to continue through mid-summer. These conditions have the Forest on high alert for new wildfire starts.
The public is cautioned to be extremely careful with fires on this 4th of July holiday. Discarded cigarettes or matches, fireworks, or flying embers from a campfire or grill, can start a wildfire. Paxton says there is a 90 to 100 percent probability for ignition.
For more information about fire conditions or the Mark Twain, visit the forest's website by clicking here.
A 15-year-old boy is in custody after authorities investigating the stabbing deaths of his younger adopted brothers found him miles away with traces of blood on him, officials said.
A 15-year-old boy is in custody after authorities investigating the stabbing deaths of his younger adopted brothers found him miles away with traces of blood on him, officials said.
Friday, May 24 2013 4:38 AM EDT2013-05-24 08:38:10 GMT
(RNN) - A bridge in Washington has collapsed and at least two cars are in the water, according to KING 5 TV out of Seattle. The bridge is part of Interstate 5. There is no word on injuries. Copyright 2013
A photo from the scene showed a man sitting on top of his car, which was partially submerged.
Thursday, May 23 2013 10:29 PM EDT2013-05-24 02:29:44 GMT
Michael Cobb is a physics professor at Southeast Missouri State University and said a monolithic dome might be the answer to surviving severe tornadoes.
Michael Cobb is a physics professor at Southeast Missouri State University and said a monolithic dome might be the answer to surviving severe tornadoes.
A New Jersey company that operates 13 TGI Fridays restaurants accused of secretly replacing premium liquor with low-quality booze says it's shocked at the allegations.
At one bar, a mixture that included rubbing alcohol and caramel coloring was sold as scotch. In another, premium liquor bottles were refilled with water - and apparently not even clean water at that.
A Nepalese official says five climbers are missing and feared dead on the world's third highest mountain.
Five climbers including two Hungarians and a South Korean are missing on the world's third-highest mountain and feared dead, a mountaineering official said Friday.
Friday, May 24 2013 4:20 AM EDT2013-05-24 08:20:24 GMT
Kentucky's Transportation Cabinet and a Laurel County resident have been recognized for their efforts to restore rather than replace a landmark bridge.
Kentucky's Transportation Cabinet and a Laurel County resident have been recognized for their efforts to restore rather than replace a landmark bridge.
The forest fire is in the Higdon area just off of Highway NN.(Source: cNews).
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